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A Simple Test, a Life Saved: How IntelliSep Is Changing Emergency Care 

Kristen Degelman thought she just had the flu. She and her daughter had gone on vacation, and when they came home, both tested positive. But after five days on medication, her daughter felt fine. Kristen didn’t.  A nurse practitioner in the emergency department at St....

A Pathway to Healing: How Interventional Radiology Transforms Patient Care

At St. Dominic Health, innovation meets compassion in a specialty that’s quietly changing lives every day: interventional radiology.  “It’s more than advanced technology,” says Scott McPherson, MD, interventional radiologist and co-medical director of St. Dominic...

Precision and Peace of Mind: How Robotic Surgery Helped One Man Beat Throat Cancer 

John was sitting in his deer stand in Mississippi when he first noticed a small lump beneath his jawline. At 69 years old and a practicing pharmacist with more than four decades of experience, he assumed it was nothing serious, likely just a lymph node still reacting...

A Smarter Scalpel: Elevating Surgical Care with AI-Powered Robotics 

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is ushering in a new era of surgery with the addition of nine da Vinci 5 robotic systems, the most advanced generation of surgical robots available today. Equipped with artificial intelligence, responsive touch and...